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Apple lowered the prices of Mac Mini upgrades! and now 8x Superdrive!

:confused: UK store prices

I don't know if it's these duplicate threads or what, but I thought the Apple HD upgrade for the Mac mini was £50 previously. I had been tracking the Apple UKStore prices for the Mac mini, but I definitely remember it was more expensive to buy the Extreme and BT together than it was separately, so I sort of guessed it was an early launch typo...either way I'm booking myself into the residential care home now, before I lose control of any more functions. ;)
 
Object-X said:
Apple's memory policy and prices are an embarrassment to what is an otherwise excellent product line. Memory sticks are up to 50% more than at Crucial and stock computers with only 256MB is just plain sad. And not only that, but Mac are notoriously picky about cheap memory. One of my coworkers who just bought an iMac came in my office complaining that the "only" thing he didn't like about the Mac was how slow it was! I told him to upgrade the memory and he just came in this morning telling me that solved his problem and everything is perfect now. How many new users of Apple computers will have a bad experience simply because their system out of the box underperforms due to insufficient memory? Stupid! My coworkers statement to me says it all..."I wouldn't have known what the problem was unless you told me." What good is a G5 processor if you don't have the memory to run anything? :mad:
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Exactly, word of mouth beats media exposure every time.
Every Mac I've tried instore beit John Lewis, PCWorld or authorised dealers have always had stock ram at 256, which always gives the impression to any potential new Apple users that OSX is slow.
Apple really need to make 512mb the baseline stock on all models...I really hope this won't be the Ram version of the 1 button mouse. Pride comes before a fall. :)
 
canyonblue737 said:
when i place my order for my Mac mini i will likely order the 1 GB stick from Apple because the cheapest none generic memory I can find is $230 from crucial.com and from Apple with the education discount it is $290 which while a premium I might go for so i don't have to crack the case myself...
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thats what i was thinking when i saw it :D
 
DVI USB KVM

dotdotdot said:
With the price drops It will be easier to convince my dad to get it for me! (In case no one realised yet I'm only 13)

This is what I customised from Apple.com:

• 512MB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 DIMM
• 80GB Ultra ATA drive
• 8x SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• Internal Bluetooth + AirPort Extreme Card
• Wired Keyboard & Mouse Set - U.S. English
• 56K v.92 Modem
• Mac OS X - U.S. English
• 1.25GHz PowerPC G4

Subtotal $881.00

But I need a DVI USB KVM - any reccomendations?
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Belkin DVI 2port All USB KVM. Great price, great company, great product, and stylish:

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProd...=&Section_Id=201729&pcount=&Product_Id=146401

Best price:

http://macworld.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=1057453
 
Object-X said:
How many new users of Apple computers will have a bad experience simply because their system out of the box underperforms due to insufficient memory? Stupid! My coworkers statement to me says it all..."I wouldn't have known what the problem was unless you told me."
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Same goes for all the people that buy cheap Dell/HP/Gateway/etc computers. All cheap PC's only come with 256mb and there is no way Win XP runs smooth on that.

On topic: Good deal on the lower of component prices!
 
canyonblue737 said:
when i place my order for my Mac mini i will likely order the 1 GB stick from Apple because the cheapest none generic memory I can find is $230 from crucial.com and from Apple with the education discount it is $290 which while a premium I might go for so i don't have to crack the case myself. they were smart to lower the unreasonable prices on all of this... but they better offer price matching for those who bought the unit in the first week of its release.
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Kingston 1GB ValueRAM $139.99 after Mail-in-Rebate

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3325732
 
HarmlessRabbit said:
I'm not being insulting, just stating a fact. People buying Mini's now are giving up a $129 license to Tiger that they would get free if they wait. You say you'll wait at least a year before upgrading to Tiger. You're still giving up the free license that you would have for your use then, even if you upgrade in a year.

So, people buying mini's now don't care that if they wait less than six months they would get a free license worth over 20% of the base cost of the mini. Therefore, they must not be very price-sensitive. Where's the insult? :confused: :confused: :confused:
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This is a stupid argument. Ok, if you put off buying a Mac mini to get Tiger, YOU are giving up six months of time using a Mac mini! Time = money.

It's the same argument for a lot of things. People complain that they are just waiting for the price of HDTVs to drop before they buy. Well, fine, but I already bought mine and am actually watching HDTV while they are not. It's a trade-off.

Nobody is deciding to "give up" $120 or whatever. They have a need for a Mac mini now, so they are buying one. If you keep that mindset, you'll NEVER be ready to buy a computer. There are always faster chips, bigger hard drives, more memory coming out just around the bend. Why not just wait five years? Why waste that money? ;-/
 
24C said:
I don't know if it's these duplicate threads or what, but I thought the Apple HD upgrade for the Mac mini was £50 previously. I had been tracking the Apple UKStore prices for the Mac mini, but I definitely remember it was more expensive to buy the Extreme and BT together than it was separately, so I sort of guessed it was an early launch typo...either way I'm booking myself into the residential care home now, before I lose control of any more functions. ;)
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in a stunning development Apple has lowered the price on the 80 GB harddrive, 512 mb and 1 gig RAM upgrades, the cost of the airport extreme and bluetooth functions AND changed the superdrive from a 4x model to a 8x model for the mac Mini all THIS MORNING, less than 1 week after official launch of the product.
 
dotdotdot said:
Would I be better off with using VGA for my Apple and DVI for Windows (windows has a better graphics card than mini) and use a USB extender to connect them?

Also, what cables do I need for the Belkin KVM?
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No, DVI is better (think digital vs analog). If you're going to use DVI on your Windows box then you'll want to use DVI on your Mac.

Read the product specs on the Belkin web site it'll answer all your questions. You can even download the product manual.
 
stealthboy said:
This is a stupid argument. Ok, if you put off buying a Mac mini to get Tiger, YOU are giving up six months of time using a Mac mini! Time = money.

It's the same argument for a lot of things. People complain that they are just waiting for the price of HDTVs to drop before they buy. Well, fine, but I already bought mine and am actually watching HDTV while they are not. It's a trade-off.

Nobody is deciding to "give up" $120 or whatever. They have a need for a Mac mini now, so they are buying one. If you keep that mindset, you'll NEVER be ready to buy a computer. There are always faster chips, bigger hard drives, more memory coming out just around the bend. Why not just wait five years? Why waste that money? ;-/
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Yes, but for those of us who have an older Mac, it might make sense to keep it going for another five months in exchange for (effectively) a 25% discount.
 
NOT IN EUROPE

Unfortunately this is only valid in the US-store. In Europe the additional 1 GB RAM is still 360 Euro (= 470 US$).
 
This is a good move ... Some people complained that all the upgrades didn't make the mac mini move worth it ... again, "no more excuses to not switching"

I can't tell if the price drop is an agressive move to make people switch or that technology just got cheaper as it always does.
 
UK HE prices dropped

At first, there was no difference in price if you logged into the Apple store for Education on a UK University Campus. Now, however, the Mac mini is priced from just £305.50 including VAT and free delivery! Upgrades have dropped in price, too.

No price drop on the iPod Shuffle, though.
 
Will have to let those that I am attempting to sell the Mini on know. So many of these have we the mac community sold for Apple...where is our kickback. ha ha like that will happen.
 
Men, they are making it awfully difficult not to buy one. I was just gonna hold on to my eMac but after seeing it in person (its tinier than I expected) and this price drop I think I'll get one when Tiger ships. I have a few months to save. Question though, is there really a big difference between the 1.25 and the 1.42 processor? I already have an ext hd so the 40 GB hd upgrade is not important to me.
 
HarmlessRabbit said:
I'm not being insulting, just stating a fact. People buying Mini's now are giving up a $129 license to Tiger that they would get free if they wait. You say you'll wait at least a year before upgrading to Tiger. You're still giving up the free license that you would have for your use then, even if you upgrade in a year.

So, people buying mini's now don't care that if they wait less than six months they would get a free license worth over 20% of the base cost of the mini. Therefore, they must not be very price-sensitive. Where's the insult? :confused: :confused: :confused:
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First off, I didn't say I WILL wait a year, only that I would only even CONSIDER an OS upgrade a year after it is realeased. Secondly, because of this, even if I DID upgrade, I'd only have to buy the Upgrade, not the full version, which will be cheaper. Thirdly, as I mentioned, I see no features in Tiger that I will use...I'm not the only one. You are picking out one of my arguements, among the others I have for not waiting for Tiger.

Lastly, likening someone's decision to not wait for Tiger to be released before buying a mini to a "veruca salt" attitude is insulting. It shows your own attitude towards us early adopters. You don't know what's good for the rest of the Mac users out there. Just keep in mind that opinions are like @ssholes...and what's great for you might not be good for someone else.
 
WHEN WILL EUROPE FOLLOW?

WHEN WILL EUROPE FOLLOW? In today's internet world you can't justify huge price differences anymore. Well a little price difference can be justified because the Euro market (you can't make 1 model for euroland, because of language/legal constraints) and currency exchange margins..
 
Please give us a 5400RPM option!

Kudos to Apple for the upgrade price drops!

What I'd really like to see, however, is the option to buy a 5400RPM drive.

What could the price differential be, maybe $10 for the 40GB, $20 for the 80GB?

There seems to be a marked difference in performance between a 4200RPM 2.5" drive and 5400RPM 2.5" drive (but not so much 5400RPM ->7200RPM):

http://www.barefeats.com/pb12.html

Since all the 2.5" "deals" I've seen lately in the retail channel have been for 5400RPM drives, maybe this will be a future "silent" upgrade as well.

Maybe by the time the mini ships with Tiger?
 
ruud said:
Oh well, the price one pays for being early adopter.
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True, but it could've been worse... read up on the whole Yikes fiasco from '99. I was a victim of that. :rolleyes: (Irrelevant now that I have my shiny new iBook, but still...)
 
Compare iMac to Mac Mini

• 256MB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 DIMM
• 80GB Ultra ATA drive
• 8x SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• Internal Bluetooth + AirPort Extreme Card
• 56K v.92 Modem
• Mac OS X - U.S. English
• 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
1 GB Aftermarket RAM
20" apple Monitor
Aftermarket Keyboard Mouse
$1,953.00

• 256MB DDR400 SDRAM - 1 DIMM
• 160GB Serial ATA drive
• AirPort Extreme Card
• Bluetooth Module
• Keyboard and Mouse + Mac OS X - U.S. English
• 20-inch widescreen LCD
• 1.8GHz PowerPC G5
• SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra w/64MB video memory
1 GB Aftermarket RAM
$2,187.00

iMac advantages G5 and more MHz processor, extra 80 GB, faster RAM, extra 256 RAM, faster video card.
Mac mini advantages faster superdrive, two button mouse, separate monitor for later, $234

For the performance/budget minded:
• 256MB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 DIMM
• 80GB Ultra ATA drive
• 8x SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• Internal Bluetooth + AirPort Extreme Card
• 56K v.92 Modem
• Mac OS X - U.S. English
• 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
Dell UltraSharp 2001FP 20.1" LCD
512 Aftermarket RAM
Aftermarket Keyboard/Mouse
$1,424.00
 
Optical Drive not changed

I just got off the phone with Apple.

1) they refunded the difference in price including tax.

2) After much checking I was told that the Superdrive has not been upgraded -- It is 8X read

Below are the specs of my Mac mini Superdrive from the system profiler

I would be interested to hear if anyone has different superdrive specs

MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835F:

Manufacturer: MATSHITA
Model: MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835F
Revision: GGN7
Serial Number:
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 1
Socket Type: Internal
 
wordmunger said:
I wonder if this is a sign of things to come for Apple -- really making these things commodity machines, changing prices/specs as the market changes. Instead of waiting 6 months for upgrades, they could happen every couple of weeks.
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Could be, but it could also be a signal that Apple is boosting production on it, and is wanting to make an even bigger splash.
 
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